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Paragraph Four, Page 114

By Patrick LaForge January 11, 2008 4:35 pmJanuary 11, 2008 4:35 pm

What we’re looking at on the Web today…

“Bloomberg by Bloomberg” is an inspiration for members of the draft-Bloomberg movement. To be specific, Paragraph Four, Page 114, which at least one organizer has memorized: “I’ve always had a special place in my heart for a guy with one or two good ideas who won’t take no for an answer.” [The Politicker]

A lawyer for the G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo, who is accused of slapping a 14-year-old boy on a Manhattan street last August, wants the charges dropped after prosecutors revealed Thursday that another man had confessed. [TMZ.com]

Jonathan Lethem and other writers donated their work to a new book, “Brooklyn Was Mine,” to benefit Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, opponents of the Atlantic Yards project. [Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, noLandGrab]

Stairs to nowhere and other vertical adventures on Staten Island. [Walking Is Transportation]

A blog aims to chronicle all the murders that appear in New York’s daily newspapers in 2008. [The Murder Book 2008]

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